Vietnamese New Year's Eve Celebration: Vietnamese live concert, chanting for peace, Dharma talk, 6:30 p.m.-1 a.m., Southwest Florida Buddhist, 1770 62nd Ave. N, St. Petersburg. Say farewell to the year of the rat and welcome the year of the buffalo with firecrackers and dragon dance. New Year's Day Celebration from 7:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday. Free. Call 520-9209.